Posts categorized: It’s a family thing

Today the chancellor George Osbourne announced his political #autumnstatement in front of a raucous crowd in the House of Commons. Being a home owner, and actively looking at buying a home at the moment, I was interested to hear if stamp duty was going to be part of the statement and if any kind of… Read more »

New house, new start Back in 2006 I bought my third house, after previously selling my previous two that I part owned with an ex partner. It was nicely positioned on the A64 and allowed me to commute to and from work in Harrogate. The journey, depending on traffic and any accidents (that were very… Read more »

After a much needed vacation we’re glad to say we’re back, refreshed and ready to go again. We spent our time in the beautiful island resort of Kuramathi in the Maldives. To celebrate our arrival back I thought I’d generate a photo album front cover that captures the real essence of the place and our… Read more »

It’s my little (well she’s hardly little anymore) girl’s 6th birthday on the 1st June and I’m wading through ideas on what to get her for her birthday. The Dialogue went something like this… Daddy: So it’s your big birthday next week, your a big 6! Want to tell me what you want as a… Read more »

Why do consumers buy into niche brands? Is it because they can’t get the product anywhere else? Is it the cost – usually higher than the high street – that makes it feel exclusive? Or is it the personal touch? It’s the middle of the credit crunch and according to the news, consumers are tightening… Read more »

Bethemiddleman.com is a project we’re currently working on to provide the housing market a FREE option when selling and buying. Read more about it here. Currently the project is in full flow and it looking fantastic. Whilst we wait patiently for it’s arrival, we have launched a new holding page to enable users to pre-register… Read more »

While at the bank the other day discussing options for my mortgage with one of the banks advisors, we hit upon a ‘grey-area’. I wanted to Let my property but either needed to switch to a Buy-to-Let mortgage or sign a Consent-to-Lease. A Buy-to-Let mortgage wasn’t viable due to the lack of equity in the… Read more »

See the dedication Frog has to his job and his clients after he abandoned his car 2 miles away from work and battled through 6 inches of snow in a gale for 30 minutes to get to work. Hmm snow! Best defrost the car A shot from the car We abandoned the car and trekked… Read more »

WOW what a weekend! I traveled through to Scarborough to see my little girl as usual this weekend and was ecstatic to be greeted by 6 inches of snow to play in. Weirdly on the way I didn’t see a single flake until I hit Malton, about 15 miles outside of Scarborough. The fields slowly… Read more »

I have just discovered that there is an 87% chance that my pussy cat is trying to kill me. If you don’t hear from me for a while send in the hounds. In the meantime click on the picture to see whether you need to be afraid and read the background about this threat here.

Hi faithful blog fans. Nothing much to report – busy with the kitchen, have replaced the rotten joists (read: door frames, grrr!) and laid new laminate. On with the new units now Oh, and upgraded to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, seamlessly as always – it’s such a great operating system, please ditch Windows for a day… Read more »

The Floating Frog and Piggynap had a competition to see who could make the best pumpkin. We won’t say who made which at this stage to make it fair, just drop in a comment below with either pumpkin1 or pumpkin2. I’ll count the votes from this, and my other sources then reveal the winner, get… Read more »

Ok so the Credit Crunch will throw the financial sector into turmoil for the next few years but lets look at some positives that have come out of this. I’ll start things of: 1) My mortgage is cheaper (interest rates have gone down) 2) House prices have gone down – this is fine even for… Read more »

Euell Gibbons Trail is a mountain biking term meaning “some parts (of the trail) are rideable”. This would be an understated term to describe the condition of the mountain bike trail I rode today. Recent weather conditions made the Nidd Gorge trail in North Yorkshire almost unrideable, and at one point I narrowly avoided an… Read more »